Somali Pirates Release Italian Tanker Enrico Ievoli and Crew

The M/T Enrico Ievoli was hijacked on Dec. 27 off the coast of Oman. Image: ONI

Somali pirates have released the Italian chemical tanker M/T Enrico Ievoli and its 18 crewmembers almost four months after being hijacked off the coast of Oman, the foreign ministry in Rome said on Monday.

The M/T Enrico Ievoli

The Italian flagged and owned M/T Enrico Ievoli was hijacked on December 27 off the coast of Oman while on its way to a rendezvous point for a Chinese armed convoy. The vessel had a crew of 18 — 6 Italian, 5 Ukranian and 7 Indian — and was carrying 15,750mt of caustic soda when she was hijacked.